Was Bush’s Offer to Iran Designed to Fail?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 That's the provocative question posed by this N Times article "It became obvious to Mr Bush that he could not consider military strikes on Iranian nuclear sites unless he first showed a willingness to engage Iran's leadership directly over its nuclear program and exhaust every nonmilitary option" Has a decision to hit Iran already been made? Are we seeing a charade like the one before the Iraq war?. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Prepared to Join Direct Talks With Iran

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2006 Sec. of State Rice said America will join Europe in direct talks if Iran suspends its programs to enrich uranium and reprocess spent nuclear fuel. It's a dramatic about-face, and comes a mere three weeks after the Iranian president sent a personal letter to Bush--the first direct communication between the two countries in over 20 years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran Presses For Direct U.S. Talks On Nukes

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2006 Iranian officials are furiously working diplomatic back channeles to open a dialogue with the U.S. (Apparently the Iranian's president's 18-page letter to Bush opened the floodgates.) The significance of this? For 25 years Iran has enforced a taboo against making overtures to "The Great Satan." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iranian Leader Invites Bush to Join in Theocracy

Staff / Truthdig May 10, 2006 President Ahmadinejad, in his somewhat rambling letter to Bush, encourages him to abandon democracy in favor of theocracy (Sam Harris might observe that America wouldn't have far to go in that respect) The Iranian leader also criticized Bush's use of secret CIA prisons, and mentioned the nuclear issue only indirectly N Times article on the letter The translated letter in full Condoleezza Rice dismisses the letter . Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mr. Fish – Nuclear Ambitions

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Nuclear Showdown in Nevada

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2006 The government will detonate a massive amount of conventional explosives to figure out the math on a tactical nuclear weapon--perhaps to be used on Iran, warns Air America host Randi Rhodes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

America’s Gas Pump

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Robert Scheer: Bush’s Nutty Nuclear Braggadocio

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 19, 2006 "A once swaggering president, who so convincingly wielded a bullhorn and modeled a flight suit, now has assumed the pretzel pose of a supplicant attempting to cajole our old enemy in Tehran into dropping its nuclear ambitions while simultaneously initiating talks with Iran aimed at bailing us out in Iraq." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bush Rattles Nuclear Saber on Iran

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2006 Bush tells reporters "all options are on the table" when asked if he is planning a nuclear strike against Iranian nuclear facilities. Meanwhile, Iran's president vowed that his nation would "cut off the hand of any aggressor." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pope Calls For End to Iran Crisis

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2006 The pontiff used his first Easter message to ask for "an honorable solution" via "honest and serious negotiations" He also affirmed Israel's right to exist Somehow we suspect those wishes won't have much of an impact on the Holocaust-denying president of Iran . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greenpeace Founder Does Nuclear U-Turn

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2006 The man who helped found the environmental aid organization argues that nuclear power--once his sworn enemy--is now the planet's only hope for slowing global warming. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fool Me Once…

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair has told Bush that the UK will not offer any support to strike Iran, regardless of whether there is a U.N. mandate to do so, according to The Scotsman newspaper. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )